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A novel of a time before history as we now know it, when a remarkable young woman launches into a journey of adventure and self-discovery. If she is able to escape the destruction of Atlantis, she may become the mother of all subesquent gods and goddesses of humanity…
Woman Warrior of Atlantis
By
Bruce P. Grether
Contents
Prologue
Book One: Antediluvian Kings, Gods and Heroes
Chapter One: Lady in Exile
Chapter Two: Green Man to the Rescue!
Chapter Three: Serpent Lady of the Underworld
Chapter Four: Visitation, Oath and Quest
Chapter Five: Nehunocan Creation Story
Book Two: Waters of Memory, Demigods and Monsters
Chapter Six: Little People, Crystal King
Chapter Seven: Thrall of the River Goddess
Chapter Eight: Lord of the Dance
Chapter Nine: Ghost King
Chapter Ten: Serpent Skirt
Chapter Eleven: City of Time
Chapter Twelve: Riddle of the Gatekeeper
Chapter Thirteen: House of the Elder Gods
Chapter Fourteen: Divine Madness in Lu-Nau
Chapter Fifteen: Prisoner of Fear
Chapter Sixteen: Pyramid of Fu
Book Three: Waters of Forgetfulness
Chapter Seventeen: The Hunter
Chapter Eighteen: The Hunted
Book Four: Soul of the Universe
Chapter Nineteen: Goddess of Goddesses
Book Five: Deluge, Mortals and Immortals
Chapter Twenty: The First Gate
Chapter Twenty-One: The Second Gate
Chapter Twenty-Two: The Third Gate
Chapter Twenty-Three: Woman Warrior
Epilogue
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Sample:
Book One: Antediluvian Kings, Gods and Heroes
…the antediluvian kings
colonized the world
and all the gods who play
in the mythological dramas
in all legends from all lands
were from fair Atlantis…
— Donovan, “Atlantis”
Prologue
56,000 Years Before the Present Day…
She awoke inside the airship to the steady sensations and the sound of flight high above the world, though perhaps the pitch of the vibrations had changed.
Over the monotonous hum she could hear Nebtum’s deep young voice telling the tale of his quest. She lay still, cradled in Rydon’s strong arms, and reminded herself to breathe deeply for all the calm she could summon in the aftermath of so much danger and excitement, while her brother told the story so much like those that lead to the end of all great civilizations. She knew that the ancient Motherland Lemuria had certainly perished in the aftermath of similarly dramatic and cataclysmic events, long before.
From far below, they could still hear the distant thunder of volcanic eruptions, and despite the pitch that sealed the vessel, a scent of burning pervaded the cabin.
Nebtum told of his recent journeys—to Hetharbesh, the enchantment of the river-goddess, the mammoth hunters, the ghost-king, the floating city, and the escape from the temple prison in Lu-Nau. Finally he told of what happened when he arrived with his companions at the Pyramid of Fu in the far southern part of Atlantis.
“We discovered that the High Priest of the Sun no longer allowed worshipers even into the outer court of the Great Temple, and yet he demanded more and more sacrifices than ever before. Our requests for audience with the Solar Hierophant were rejected scornfully. So we planned an operation to enter the compound by night, like thieves, and to try to get into the Great Pyramid itself…” As he continued his tale, she almost drifted to sleep again, yet she heard every word.
Finally, when he finished the telling to those companions who did not know what had happened, she nodded. “It has all worked out well enough, Beloved Brother. Or at least in the end, some of us may escape the total devastation.” Though her personal safety might be secured, shock waves continued to shake the airship as it flew. She also felt an unfathomable emptiness in the middle of her body, from the dreadful losses, millennia of cultures destroyed, and millions of people dying far below.
“Ah, but this is not the end,” Nebtum said hopefully.
However, his sister’s tone sobered his expression. “We cannot know.”
The first episode contains the Prologue and Chapter One.
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